1998 Chevy Astro Rear Door Latch

1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO
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MHJAMESON
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1998 Chevy Astro

How does the rear door latch mechanism go together? Mine is broken and I have to crawl through the van on the inside to manually pull the down rod.
Aug 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM
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TECHMAN1
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[quote:63305e8834="mhjameson"]1998 Chevy Astro

How does the rear door latch mechanism go together? Mine is broken and I have to crawl through the van on the inside to manually pull the down rod.[/quote:63305e8834]

I think that you will find that you need to replace the outside plastic handle. If you remove it, it think you will see that a plastic wedge plate has broken off. While you have the covers off, oil all the moving parts well and it should be OK for a couple years.

Ken
Aug 26, 2009 at 11:24 PM
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